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ʻāʻīkū

kikinonoun / ʻā.ʻī.kū / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., High collar, stiff collar.

2. Spasmodic affection of the neck muscles which draws the head toward the affected side, a torticollis; stiff neck

3. Croup.

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v., Ai, to eat, and ku, to stand. LIT. To eat standing.

1. To eat in an improper manner.

2. FIG. To do a thing contrary to rule or ceremony.

3. To break a kapu; similar to aia. Aiku was an offense against the gods.

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aiku

kikinonoun / A-I-KU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A-i, the neck, and ku, to stand. A standing collar for a jacket.

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aiku

kikinonoun / AI-KU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Name of a disease; the croup, from the disposition to hold the head erect.

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aiku

kikinonoun / ā'-ī'-kū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., The band of a garment which passes around the neck; a collar.

2. n., A spasmodic affection of the muscles of the neck which draws the head toward the affected side; a torticollis; a wryneck; a stiff neck.

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1. v., To eat in a manner not conformable to the usual or ordinary practice, habit, custom, or rule; to take food that is set apart as temporarily or permanently sacred or forbidden to use.

2. v., To act contrary to custom, prescribed rule, or established precedent; to overlook, disregard, or take no notice of a tabu.

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To be ungodly in practice; to break a kapu; rejection of Hawaiʻiʻs gods.

Spasmodic affection of the muscles of the neck, which draws the head to the affected side; croup or transient myositis, stiff neck. It can also refer to another very different ailment, the progressive sternomastoid muscle shortening, torticollis or wry neck.

Spasmodic affection of the muscles of the neck, which draws the head to the affected side; croup or transient myositis, stiff neck. It can also refer to another very different ailment, the progressive sternomastoid muscle shortening, torticollis or wry neck.

to eat informally.

wry-neck, stiff neck; high collar.

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